Interactive method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium

ABSTRACT

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an interactive method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The method involves receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video room when a first video is played in a first video playback page; in response to the first trigger operation, opening the target video room for a end user, displaying a first display interface of the target video room, playing the first video in the first display interface, and display the first interactive control; switching the first video played in the first display interface to a second video when a video switching operation is received. By adopting above technical solutions, the embodiments of the present disclosure improve the convenience as users watch videos together with other users.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of and priority from CN PatentApplication Serial No. 202110057879.3 filed Jan. 15, 2021, entitled“INTERACTIVE METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM”incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field ofcomputer technology, and in particular, to an interactive method,apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium.

BACKGROUND

At present, video category application software provides users with thefunctionality of watching videos, so that users can watch videos in thevideo category application software. However, when a user watch a video,he/she can only share the video with other users by way of sending thevideo link or video password, and cannot invite other users to watch thevideo with him/her.

SUMMARY

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an interactive method,apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium, so that a user canopen a room when watching a video and invite other users to watch thevideo that he/she is watching and subsequently watching with him/her.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aninteractive method, comprising:

receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video room when afirst video is played in a first video playback page, the first videoplayback page having a first interactive control displayed therein;

in response to the first trigger operation, opening the target videoroom for a local end user, displaying a first display interface of thetarget video room, playing the first video in the first displayinterface, and displaying the first interactive control, wherein thefirst video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room;

switching the first video played in the first display interface to asecond video when a video switching operation is received, wherein thesecond video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room;

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aninteractive method, comprising:

receiving a third trigger operation to enter a target video room openedby a target user;

in response to the third trigger operation, displaying a second displayinterface of the target video room, and playing the received first videoin the second display interface, the first video being the video playedwithin the target video room;

playing a second video in the second display interface when it isdetected that the first video is switched to the second video.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides an interactive apparatus, comprising:

a first receiving module configured to receive a first trigger operationto open a target video room when a first video is played in a firstvideo playback page, the first video playback page having a firstinteractive control displayed therein;

a room opening module configured to open the target video room for alocal end user in response to the first trigger operation, display afirst display interface of the target video room, play the first videoin the first display interface, and display the first interactivecontrol, wherein the first video is used to be played on a peer terminalof individual peer users located within the target video room;

a first video switching module configured to switch the first videoplayed in the first display interface to a second video when a videoswitching operation is received, wherein the second video is used to beplayed on a peer terminal of individual peer users within the targetvideo room.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides an interactive apparatus, comprising:

a second receiving module configured to receive a third triggeroperation to enter a target video room opened by a target user;

an interface display module configured to display a second displayinterface of the target video room in response to the third triggeroperation, and play the received first video in the second displayinterface, the first video being the video played within the targetvideo room;

a second video switching module configured to play a second video in thesecond display interface when it is detected that the first video isswitched to the second video.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides an electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory used to store one or more programs,

when the one or more programs are executed by the one or moreprocessors, cause the one or more processors implement the interactivemethods according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer programstored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements theinteractive methods according to the embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

An interactive method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage mediumprovided by embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving a firsttrigger operation to open a target video room when a first video isplayed in a first video playback page, the first video playback pagehaving a first interactive control displayed therein; in response to thefirst trigger operation, opening the target video room for a local enduser, displaying a first display interface of the target video room,playing the first video in the first display interface, and displayingthe first interactive control, wherein the first video is used to beplayed on a peer terminal of individual peer users located within thetarget video room; switching the first video played in the first displayinterface to a second video when a video switching operation isreceived, wherein the second video is used to be played on a peerterminal of individual peer users located within the target video room.By adopting the above-mentioned technical solutions in the embodimentsof the present disclosure, a user can open a video room while watching avideo and watch the video currently being watched and the videosubsequently switched in the video room with other users, without theuser having to select the video in advance, which can improve theconvenience of users when watching videos with other users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other features, advantages, and aspects of embodiments ofthe present disclosure will become more apparent in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings and with reference to the following detaileddescription. Throughout the drawings, the like or similar referencesigns indicate the like or similar elements. It should be understoodthat the drawings are schematic and the originals and elements are notnecessarily drawn to scale.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an interactive method provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a sharing window provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a room setting window provided by anembodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a first display interface provided byan embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of another interactive method providedby an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a non-video playback page provided byan embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a permission request message providedby an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a sharing request message provided byan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a call message provided by anembodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of yet another interactive methodprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a second display interface provided byan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a fourth interactive method providedby an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a further window provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of another second display interfaceprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a structural block diagram of an interactive apparatusprovided by an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 16 is a structural block diagram of another interactive apparatusprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic deviceprovided by an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described inmore detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although someembodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, itshould be understood that the present disclosure can be implemented inmany different forms, which should not be construed as being limited toembodiments set forth herein, rather, these embodiments are provided fora more thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. Itshould be understood that the drawings and embodiments of the presentdisclosure should be explained as merely illustrative, and not as alimitation to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be understood that various steps recited in the methodembodiments of the present disclosure can be executed in a differentorder, and/or executed in parallel. In addition, the methodimplementations may include additional steps and/or omit to performillustrated steps. The scope of the present disclosure is not limited inthis respect.

The term “including” and its variants as used herein are open includes,that is, “including but not limited to”. The term “based on” means“based at least in part on.” The term “one embodiment” means “at leastone embodiment”; the term “another embodiment” means “at least oneadditional embodiment”; the term “some embodiments” means “at least someembodiments.” Related definitions of other terms will be given infollowing description.

It should be noted that the concepts of “first” and “second” etc.mentioned in the present disclosure are only used to distinguish betweendifferent apparatus, modules or units, and are not used to limit theorder of functions performed by these apparatus, modules or units ortheir interdependence.

It should be noted that modifiers of “one” and “a plurality of”mentioned in the present disclosure are illustrative and notrestrictive, and those skilled in the art should understand that theyshould be construed as “one or more” unless the context clearlyindicates otherwise.

The names of messages or information interacted between a plurality ofapparatus in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used forillustration, and are not used to limit the scope of these messages orinformation.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an interactive method provided by anembodiment of the disclosure. The method can be executed by aninteractive apparatus, where the apparatus can be implemented bysoftware and/or hardware, and can be configured in an electronic device;typically, it can be configured in a mobile phone or a tablet. Theinteractive method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosureis suitable for a scenario where a video room is opened to watch a videowith other users. As shown in FIG. 1, the interactive method provided inthis embodiment can comprise:

S101. receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video roomwhen a first video is played in a first video playback page, the firstvideo playback page having a first interactive control displayedtherein.

wherein, the video room may be a room for multiple users to watch videostogether. The first trigger operation can be any trigger operation forinstructing electronics to open a video room for a local end user, suchas a trigger operation that acts on a room opening control. The roomopening control can be located on a video playback page or a non-videoplayback page, that is, a user can trigger the room opening control toopen a video room when watching a video via a video playback page orwhen viewing other pages. Hereinafter, take a room opening control beinglocated in a video sharing window of a video playback page as anexample. At this time, the first video playback page can be understoodas a video playback page currently displayed on local end, that is, thevideo playback page where the local end user performs the first triggeroperation, or other video playback page switched to after the local enduser performs the first trigger operation; the first video may be avideo played in the first video playback page, such as a short videoplayed in the first video playback page; the first interactive controlmay be understood as an interactive control displayed on the first videoplayback page, and the interactive control may include a control thatcan be triggered to perform corresponding operations, such as a followcontrol for the publisher of the first video, a like control for thefirst video, a comment control for the first video, a forward controlfor the first video, and/or a page switching control and the like.

Exemplarily, a local end user can watch a video on any video playbackpage (such as a playback page for recommended videos, a video playbackpage for following users, or a playback page for videos of the samecity, etc.), and when he/she wants to watch the video he/she is watchingand subsequent videos with other users, click a sharing control for thevideo currently played; when the electronic device (i.e., the electronicdevice corresponding to local end) detects that the local end userclicks the sharing control in the video playback page, a sharing window20 will be displayed, as shown in FIG. 2; thus, the local end user canfurther click a room opening control 21 displayed within the sharingwindow 20 to instruct the electronic device to open a video room;accordingly, when the electronic device detects that the user clicks theroom opening control 21, it is determined that a first trigger operationto open a target video room is received.

S102. in response to the first trigger operation, opening the targetvideo room for a local end user, displaying a first display interface ofthe target video room, playing the first video in the first displayinterface, and displaying the first interactive control, wherein thefirst video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room.

wherein, the target video room can be understood as the video roomopened by the local end user, that is, the video room of which the owneris the local end user. The first display interface can be understood asthe display interface of the target video room on the local end user(i.e., the owner) side.

Exemplarily, when a electronic device receives a first triggeroperation, it can open a target video room for a local end user, displaya first display interface of the target video room, and continue to playa first video in the first display interface and display a firstinteractive control, and can send the first video to a peer terminal ofindividual peer users within the target video room in accordance with apreset sending mode, so as to play the first video on the peer terminalof individual peer users.

In this step, the way of sending the first video to individual peerusers located within the target video room can be set flexibly. Forexample, the local end can receive the first video sent by the serverand send the first video to individual peer terminals for playing basedon communication addresses of the peer terminals of individual peerusers located within the target video room; or send video identificationinformation (such as video ID) of the first video played in the firstvideo playback page to a server, and send the first video to the peerterminals of individual peer users located within the target video roomfor playing via the server. In addition, when the local end sends thefirst video to individual peer terminals or sends the videoidentification information of the first video to the server, it can sendplayback progress information of the first video at the local end, sothat individual peer terminals can play the first video synchronouslywith the local end; it is also possible not to send the playbackprogress information of the first video at the local end, so thatindividual peer users can watch their first video completely afterentering the room.

In this embodiment, when sending the first video, other informationdisplayed in the first display interface other than the informationbefore video screen, such as a first interactive control, etc., may besent or may not be sent. Preferably, the first interactive control maynot be sent, so as to avoid the situation that the owner is seen byother users within the target video room when the owner is conductinginteraction in the first display interface, thereby protecting theprivacy of the owner.

In addition, when there are many types of video rooms (such as a friendroom that all friends of the owner can enter or a private room that onlyfriends invited by the owner can enter, etc.), after the electronicdevice receives the first trigger operation, a room setting window 30can be further displayed, as shown in FIG. 3; thereby, the user canselect the type of the video room to be opened through the room settingwindow 30, and click the opening control 31 displayed in the roomsetting window after the selection is accomplished; accordingly, whenthe electronic device detects that the user clicks on the openingcontrol 31 displayed in the room setting window 30, it can open a targetvideo room of the type selected by the local end user, and can send aninvitation message to the local end user's friends or users invited bythe local end user to invite the other parties to enter the target videoroom. As shown in FIG. 4, after the electronic device opens the targetvideo room for the local end user, it can further turn on a microphone,and/or display a message input box (not shown in FIG. 4) and chatmessages 41 sent by users within the target video room (including thelocal end user and peer users), for the user to make a voice call withthe peer users who entered the target video room, and/or to sendmessages within the target video room to facilitate communicationsbetween individual users located within the target video room.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, after the electronic device opens thetarget video room for the local end user, it may further display a firstroom control 40 for the target video room in the first displayinterface, and may also display an avatar of at least one peer user whoentered the target video room in a display area where the first roomcontrol 40 is located, to remind the local end user that the targetvideo room has been opened and/or that there has been a peer userentered the target video room. Moreover, when it is detected that theuser clicks on the first room control 40, the electronic device alsodisplays user information of individual peer users located within thetarget video room for the local end user to view. At this time,preferably, after displaying of the first display interface of thetarget video room, the method further comprises: displaying a first roomcontrol in the first display interface, and displaying user informationof individual peer users within the target video room when a first clickoperation acting on the first room control is detected. Wherein, thefirst room control can be understood as a room control displayed withinthe first display interface, that is, a room control displayed withinthe display interface on the owner side.

S103. switching the first video played in the first display interface toa second video when a video switching operation is received, wherein thesecond video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room.

Wherein, the video switching operation can be understood as a triggeroperation for the user to switch the video played within the firstdisplay interface. The second video may be a video that needs to beswitched to based on the video switching operation.

In this embodiment, after the local end user opens the target videoroom, the video played in the first display interface can be switched toswitch the video played within the target video room, that is, to switchthe video played on the display interface of the target video roomdisplayed by the user terminals of individual users located within thetarget video room.

Specifically, when the local end user wants to switch the first videoplayed in the first display interface, the video switching operation canbe performed; accordingly, when the electronic device detects that thelocal end user performs the video switching operation, it can switch thefirst video played in the first display interface to the second video,and send the second video to the peer terminals of individual peer userslocated within the target video room for playing.

An interactive method provided in an embodiment, receiving a firsttrigger operation to open a target video room when a first video isplayed in a first video playback page, the first video playback pagedisplayed having a first interactive control displayed therein; inresponse to the first trigger operation, opening the target video roomfor a local end user, displaying a first display interface of the targetvideo room, playing the first video in the first display interface, anddisplaying the first interactive control, wherein the first video isused to be played on a peer terminal of individual peer users locatedwithin the target video room; switching the first video played in thefirst display interface to a second video when a video switchingoperation is received, wherein the second video is used to be played ona peer terminal of individual peer users located within the target videoroom. By adopting the above-mentioned technical solution in thisembodiment, a user can open a video room while watching a video andwatch the video currently being watched and the video subsequentlyswitched in the video room with other users, without the user having toselect the video in advance, which can improve the convenience of userswhen watching videos with other users.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of another interactive method providedby an embodiment of the disclosure. The solution in this embodiment canbe combined with one or more optional solutions in the foregoingembodiments. Optionally, after the opening the target video room for thelocal end user, the method further comprises: receiving a second triggeroperation for switching current display page to a non-video playbackpage; in response to the second trigger operation, switching currentdisplay page to the non-video playback page, displaying the firstdisplay interface in the form of a floating window in the non-videoplayback page, and playing the last first video played in the firstvideo playback page within the first display interface.

Optionally, after the opening the target video room for the local enduser, the method further comprises: after the opening the target videoroom for the local end user, the method further comprises: receiving afirst feedback operation of a permission request message sent by thelocal end user to the target peer user; in response to the firstfeedback operation, enabling the video control permission for the targetvideo room for the target peer user, and upon receiving a video controlinstruction sent by the target peer user, controlling the first videobased on the video control instruction to control the video playedwithin the target video room.

Optionally, after the opening the target video room for the local enduser, the method further comprises: after the opening the target videoroom for the local end user, the method further comprises: receiving asecond feedback operation of a share request message sent by the localend user to the target peer user; in response to the second feedbackoperation, sending a sharing feedback message to the target peer user,and playing a second video played by the peer terminal of the targetpeer user in the first display interface.

Optionally, after the opening the target video room for the local enduser, the method further comprises: receiving a third feedback operationof a call message sent by the local end user to the target peer user; inresponse to the third feedback operation, returning to the target videoroom, displaying the first display interface, and continuing to play thevideo in the first display interface.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the interactive method provided in thisembodiment can comprise:

S201. receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video roomwhen a first video is played in a first video playback page, the firstvideo playback page having a first interactive control displayedtherein.

S202. in response to the first trigger operation, opening the targetvideo room for a local end user, displaying a first display interface ofthe target video room, playing the first video in the first displayinterface, and displaying the first interactive control, wherein thefirst video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room, and S203, S204, S206, S208,or S210 are executed.

S203. switching the first video played in the first display interface toa second video when a video switching operation is received, wherein thesecond video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room.

S204. receiving a second trigger operation for switching current displaypage to a non-video playback page.

S205. in response to the second trigger operation, switching currentdisplay page to the non-video playback page, the first display interfacebeing displayed in the form of a floating window in the non-videoplayback page, and playing the last first video played in the firstvideo playback page within the first display interface.

wherein, the second trigger operation can be any operation that switchescurrent display page to a non-video playback page, for example, anoperation that switches current display page from the first displayinterface to a certain non-video playback page. The non-video playbackpage can be any page other than the video playback page, such as amessages page, a friends page, a personal homepage of the local enduser, or a personal homepage of other users.

Specifically, the electronic device displays the first displayinterface; when the local end user wants to switch current display pagefrom the first display interface to other non-video playback page,he/she can perform the operation of switching current display page tocorresponding non-video playback page; accordingly, when the electronicdevice detects that the user performs the operation to switch currentdisplay page to a certain non-video playback page, it determines that asecond trigger operation is received, and in response to the secondtrigger operation, the current display page is switched from the firstdisplay interface to the non-video playback page, and the first displayinterface 60 of the target video room is displayed in the form of afloating window on the non-video playback page, as shown in FIG. 6 (FIG.6 does not specifically show other content displayed in the non-videoplayback page), and the last first video played in the first displayinterface is played in the floating window, for example, the videoplayed in the first display interface when the current display page wasswitched from the first display interface to the non-video playback pageis cyclically played in the floating window until the local end usercontrols the electronic device to switch the current display page to acertain video playback page or the local end user exits the target videoroom.

Here, after the local end user controls the electronic device to switchthe current display page to a certain video playback page, the firstdisplay interface of the target video room can be displayed, and aninteractive control in the video playback page can be displayed in thefirst display interface, and the video played on the video playback pageis played, to play the video in the video playback page within thetarget video room.

In this embodiment, when the target video room is opened, the local enduser can continue to perform original operation path, such as performinginteractive operations such as like, forward, or comment, etc., orswitching the video played in the first display interface, or, switchthe current display page from the first display interface to other videoplayback pages or non-video playback pages, which will not cause thelocal end user to exit the target video room, thereby improving theexperience of the local end user (i.e., the owner) watching a video withother users in the video room, thereby increasing the user's willingnessto open a video room.

S206. receiving a first feedback operation of a permission requestmessage sent by the local end user to the target peer user.

S207. in response to the first feedback operation, enable the videocontrol permission for the target video room for the target peer user,and upon receiving a video control instruction sent by the target peeruser, controlling the first video based on the video control instructionto control the video played within the target video room.

wherein, the target peer user can be understood as a user who sends apermission request message within the target video room. The permissionrequest message can be understood as a message used to apply for acontrol permission of the video played within the target video room onthe local end. The control permission may include the right to controlvideo switching, video playback/pause playback, or video playbackprogress, etc., which can be sent when the target peer user wants tocontrol the video played by the local end within the target video room.The first feedback operation can be understood as the trigger operationthat the local end user agrees the target peer user to control the videoplayed by the local end within the target video room, that is, theoperation that the local end user agrees to grant the target peer userthe first video control permission, such as the operation that the localend user clicks on a first pass control corresponding to the permissionrequest message. The video control instruction may be an instruction tocontrol the video played within the target video room.

Exemplarily, when the target peer user wants to control the video playedby the local end, he/she instructs the peer terminal of the target peeruser to generate a permission request message and send the permissionrequest message to the local end by performing a corresponding triggeroperation; the local end receives and displays the permission requestmessage 70, as shown in FIG. 7, and when it detects that the user clickson the first pass control 71 corresponding to the permission requestmessage 70, it determines that the first feedback operation is received,enables the video control permission for the target peer user, and cansend a corresponding feedback message to the peer terminal of the targetpeer user; the peer terminal of the first user displays a prompt messageafter receiving the feedback message sent by the local end to remind thetarget peer user that the request for the video control permission ispassed; the target peer user can perform corresponding control operationwhen he/she wants to control the first video played by the local end,such as sliding up and down, etc.; when the peer terminal of the targetpeer user detects that a control operation of the target peer user, itcan generate a video control instruction corresponding to the controloperation, such as a video switching instruction, and send the videocontrol instruction to the local end; accordingly, when the local endreceives the video control instruction sent by the target terminal ofthe target peer user, it can control the first video based on the videocontrol instruction, such as switching the currently playing first videoto its previous video or next video, etc., and control the peerterminals of individual peer users within the target video room to playthe video switched to.

It is understood that when a local end user enables a video controlpermission for a target peer user, both the local end user and thetarget peer user can control a video played within the target videoroom; and, when the target peer user is not desired to control the videoplayed within the target video room, the local end user can also performa corresponding trigger operation to instruct the electronic device todisable the video control permission for the target peer user.

S208. receiving a second feedback operation of a share request messagesent by the local end user to the target peer user.

S209. in response to the second feedback operation, sending a sharingfeedback message to the target peer user, and playing a second videoplayed by the peer terminal of the target peer user in the first displayinterface.

wherein, the sharing request message may be a message for applying toshare a video within the target video room. The second feedbackoperation may be a trigger operation that the local end user agrees tothe target peer user to share a video, such as the operation that thelocal end user clicks on a second pass control corresponding to thesharing request message. Accordingly, the sharing feedback message maybe a feedback message sent to the target peer user when the local enduser agrees to the target peer user to share a video.

Exemplarily, when the target peer user wants to share a video within thetarget video room, he/she instructs the peer terminal of the target peeruser to generate a sharing request message and send the sharing requestmessage to the local end by performing a corresponding triggeroperation; the local end receives and displays the sharing requestmessage 80, as shown in FIG. 8, and when it detects that the user clickson the second pass control 81 corresponding to the sharing requestmessage 80, it determines that a second feedback operation is received,sends a sharing feedback message to the peer terminal of the target peeruser; after the peer terminal of the second user receives the sharingfeedback message sent by the local end, it can display a prompt messageto remind the target peer user that the sharing request is passed, andcan display corresponding video playback page based on correspondingcontrol operation of the target peer user, and/or, when thecorresponding control operation of the target peer user is not detected,a default video playback page (such as a recommended video playbackpage) or the page displayed before entering the target video room isautomatically displayed, and when the currently displayed page is acertain video playback page, a second display interface of the targetvideo room is displayed, and an interactive control in the videoplayback page is displayed in the second display interface, and thesecond video played in the video playback page is played in the seconddisplay interface, and the second video played in the second displayinterface is sent to user terminals of other users (including the localend user) within the target video room for playing; accordingly, whenthe local end receives the second video sent by the peer terminal of thetarget peer user, the second video can be played in the first displayinterface.

It is understood that after a local end user agrees to a target peeruser to share a video, when the local end user wants to continue toshare a video at the local end, the local end user can also perform acorresponding trigger operation to instruct the electronic device toagain switch the video played in the first display interface to thevideo played in a certain video playback page of the local end, and sendthe video to the peer terminals of individual peer users located withinthe target video room for playback.

S210. receiving a third feedback operation of a call message sent by thelocal end user to the target peer user.

S211. in response to the third feedback operation, returning to thetarget video room, displaying the first display interface, andcontinuing to play the video in the first display interface.

wherein, the call message can be used to call the owner of the targetvideo room (i.e., the local end user) to return to the target videoroom, which can be sent by any peer user (i.e., the target peer user)located within the target video room to the local end user when thelocal end user leaves the target video room, such as when the local enduser shuts down the client that executes this interactive method. Thethird feedback operation may be a trigger operation for the local enduser to return to the target video room, such as an operation forstarting the client or a trigger operation for triggering an accesscontrol corresponding to the call message.

Exemplarily, when the local end user leaves the target video room,individual peer users located within the target video room can send acall message to the local end; accordingly, the local end can displaythe call message 90 to the local end user after receiving the callmessage 90, as shown in FIG. 9; therefore, when the local end user wantsto return to the target video room, he/she can click the access control91 corresponding to the call message 90; accordingly, when the local enddetects that the local end user is clicking on the access control 91, itcan be determined that a third trigger operation is received. Inresponse to the third trigger operation, enter the target video room(for example, re-establish a communication connection with the targetvideo room), and display the first display interface of the target videoroom, continue to play the video in the first display interface, andcontinue to send the video played in the first display interface to thepeer terminals of the peer users located within the target video roomfor playback.

In addition, if the owner leaves the opened video room (including thetarget video room) for a preset period of time (such as 3 minutes or 5minutes, etc.) and still not return to the video room, the video roomcan be closed. Moreover, the user can also perform corresponding triggeroperations, such as through clicking a room close control within theroom setting window of the target video room to instruct the electronicdevice to close the target video room, which the room setting window canbe displayed when it is detected that the local end user clicks on roomidentifier displayed within the video playback page.

In the interactive method provided in this embodiment, when switching toa non-video playback page, the first display interface of the video roomis displayed in the form of a floating window, which can ensure that theuser can continue to stay in the video room after switching the firstdisplay interface to other display pages; moreover, non-owners locatedin the video room can apply to the owner to control the video played onthe owner side, and further to control the video played within thetarget video room, or, apply to the owner to play a video from own sidewithin the target video room, and can the owner to return to the videoroom after the owner left the room, which can further improve userexperience.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of an interactive method provided by anembodiment of the disclosure. The method can be executed by aninteractive apparatus, where the apparatus can be implemented bysoftware and/or hardware, and can be configured in an electronic device,typically, it can be configured in a mobile phone or a tablet. Theinteractive method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosureis suitable for a scenario of entering a video room opened by anotheruser and watching a video together with other users in the video room.As shown in FIG. 10, the interactive method provided in this embodimentcan comprise:

S301. receiving a third trigger operation to enter a target video roomopened by a target user.

S302. in response to the third trigger operation, displaying a seconddisplay interface of the target video room, and playing the receivedfirst video in the second display interface, the first video being thevideo played within the target video room.

wherein, the target video room can be understood as a video roomcorresponding to the third trigger operation, that is, a room that thelocal end user wants to enter through the third trigger operation. Thesecond display interface may be a display interface of the target videoroom on the side of users other than the owner. The first video may be avideo received by the local end within the target video room, that is,the video played within the target video room. Accordingly, the targetuser may be the owner of the target video room; the third triggeroperation may be an operation to enter the target video room, such asclicking on a video viewing control corresponding to an invitationmessage sent by a target user, a video room notification page displayedin the video stream for a target user, clicking on a friend list, amessage list, or a second room control in a video playback page forcharacterizing a video room opened by the target user to enter. When theuser enters the target video room by clicking the second room controlfor the target video room displayed on the video playback page,preferably, the third trigger operation is a second click operationacting on a second room control in a second video playback page, andbefore the receiving the third trigger operation to enter the targetvideo room opened by the target user, the method further comprises:displaying the second video playback page, and displaying the secondroom control of the target video room in the second display interface.The second room control can be understood as a room controlcorresponding to the target video room on the side of users other thanthe room owner.

Specifically, when the local end user wants to enter the target videoroom opened by the target user to watch a video together with the targetuser, he/she can perform the third trigger operation; accordingly, whenthe electronic device detects that the user performs the third triggeroperation, it can switch current display page to the second displayinterface of the target video room, in which the video sent by thetarget user or other users within the target video room is played, asshown in FIG. 11. The microphone can further be turned on and canestablish a voice call connection with each of other users within thetarget video room, so that the local end user and each of other userswithin the target video room can make a voice call while watching avideo, and/or display a input box 110, so that the users are facilitatedto input and send a chat message through the input box 110.

In addition, the second display interface of the target video room mayfurther display an exit control 111, so that the local end user can exitthe target video room by clicking on the exit control 111.

S303: playing a second video in the second display interface when it isdetected that the first video is switched to the second video.

Exemplarily, when other users (including the target user) located withinthe target video room switch the first video played within the targetvideo room to the second video, for example, when other users within thetarget video room send a second video to the local end within the targetvideo room, the first video played in the second display interface canbe switched to the second video.

In this embodiment, by adopting above technical solutions, a thirdtrigger operation to enter the target video room opened by the targetuser is received, and in response to the third trigger operation, thesecond display interface of the target video room is displayed, and thereceived first video played within the target video room is played inthe second display interface, and when it is detected that the firstvideo is switched to the second video, the second video is played in thesecond display interface. In this embodiment, by adopting abovetechnical solutions, different videos can be played in the displayinterface of the target video room, which can improve the experience ofthe user entering a room and watching a video together with other users.

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of another interactive method providedby an embodiment of the disclosure. The solution in this embodiment canbe combined with one or more optional solutions in the foregoingembodiments. Optionally, after the received first video is played in thesecond display interface, the method further comprises: if the nextvideo is not received after playing of the first video is finished, thenthe first video is cyclically played within the second displayinterface.

Optionally, after the displaying the second display interface of thetarget video room, the method further comprises: when a fourth triggeroperation for applying for video control permission of the target videoroom is received, sending a permission request message to the targetuser to apply for the video control permission from the target user; forthe case that the target user enables the video control permission forthe local end user, if a fifth trigger operation is received forcontrolling the video played within the target video room, generating avideo control instruction, and sending the video control instruction tothe target peer terminal of the target user to control the video playedwithin the target video room.

Optionally, after the displaying the second display interface of thetarget video room, the method further comprises: sending a sharingrequest message to the target user when a sixth trigger operation forapplying for video sharing is received; receiving a sharing feedbackmessage sent by the target user based on the sharing request message,playing a third video in the second display interface, and displaying athird interactive control, wherein the third video is used to be playedon the peer terminals of individual peer users located within the targetvideo room, and the peer users includes the target user.

Optionally, after the displaying the second display interface of thetarget video room, the method further comprises: when it is detectedthat the target user leaves the target video room, displaying a callcontrol; when a seventh trigger operation acting on the call control isreceived, sending a call message to the target user to call the targetuser to return to the target video room.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 12, the interactive method provided inthis embodiment can comprise:

S401. receiving a third trigger operation to enter a target video roomopened by a target user.

S402. in response to the third trigger operation, displaying a seconddisplay interface of the target video room, and playing the receivedfirst video in the second display interface, the first video being thevideo played within the target video room, S403, S404, S405, S407 orS409 is executed.

S403: playing a second video in the second display interface when it isdetected that the first video is switched to the second video.

S404: if the next video is not received after playing of the first videois finished, then the first video is cyclically played within the seconddisplay interface.

In this embodiment, after entering the target video room, the local endcan play the received videos in the second display interface of thetarget video room in sequence according to the receiving order, and in acase that, after playing of the last video received is finished, it isstill not received the next video sent by other users within the targetvideo room, the last video received is cyclically played until the nextvideo is received, so as to avoid a situation that there is no videobeing playing in the second display interface of the target video room,which further improves the experience of the user when watching a videowith other users.

S405. when a fourth trigger operation for applying for video controlpermission of the target video room is received, sending a permissionrequest message to the target user to apply for the video controlpermission from the target user.

wherein, the video control permission can be understood as a controlpermission for the video played by the target user within the targetvideo room, such as the control permission for video switching, videoplayback/pausing playback, or video playback progress etc., of the videoplayed within the target video room. The fourth trigger operation can beany trigger operation that instructs the electronic device to apply forvideo control permission, such as a trigger operation of clicking on apermission request control displayed within the second display interfaceof the target video room, which the permission request control can bedisplayed within more windows of the second display interface of thetarget video room. The permission request message may be a message usedto apply from the target user for a control permission for the videoplayed within the target video room.

In this embodiment, users other than the owner who are located in acertain video room can apply from the owner for the control permissionfor the video played within the target video room. Specifically, theelectronic device displays the second display interface of the targetvideo room and plays the video in the second display interface. When thelocal end user wants to apply for a control permission for the videoplayed within the target video room, he/she can click on a more control112 displayed within the second display interface of the second room, asshown in FIG. 11, thereby instructing the electronic device to show amore window 130, as shown in FIG. 13, and click on a permission requestcontrol 131 displayed in the more window 130; accordingly, when theelectronic device detects that the local end user clicks on thepermission request control 131, it can be determined that the fourthtrigger operation for applying for a video control permission for thetarget video room is received, and in response to the fourth triggeroperation, generating a permission request message, and sending thepermission request message to the target peer terminal of the targetuser for display, so as to apply for the video control permission fromthe target user.

S406. for the case that the target user enables the video controlpermission for the local end user, if a fifth trigger operation isreceived for controlling the video played within the target video room,then a video control instruction is generated, and the video controlinstruction is sent to the target peer terminal of the target user tocontrol the video played within the target video room.

wherein, the fifth trigger operation can be understood as an operationfor the user to control the video played within the target video room,such as a sliding up and down operation for switching the video playedwithin the target video room, a click operation for adjusting the videoplayed within the target video room to a playback state/pause state, oran operation of dragging the playback progress bar of the video playedwithin the target video room for adjusting the playback progress of thevideo played within the target video room, etc. The video controlinstruction can be understood as an instruction to control the videoplayed within the target video room. The target peer terminal can beunderstood as the user terminal of the target user.

Exemplarily, after an electronic device sends a permission requestmessage to a target user, it can detect whether the target user hasenabled a video control permission for a local end user, and when itdetects that the target user has enabled the video control permissionfor the local end user, such as when receiving a feedback message sentfrom a peer terminal of the target user that grants the local end userwith the video control permission, it displays a corresponding promptmessage to remind the local end user that the target user has enabledthe video control permission for him/her. When the local end user wantsto control the video played within the target video room after the videocontrol permission is enabled, he/she can execute corresponding triggeroperation. Accordingly, when the electronic device detects that thelocal end user performs a fifth trigger operation for controlling thevideo played within the target video room, it can generate a videocontrol instruction corresponding to the fifth trigger operation, andsend the video control instruction to the target peer terminal of thetarget user. Therefore, after the target peer terminal receives thevideo control instruction sent by the local end, it can control thevideo played in its video playback page based on the video controlinstruction, and further control the video sent by the target peerterminal to the user terminal of each of the users located within thetarget video room.

S407. sending a sharing request message to the target user when a sixthtrigger operation for applying for video sharing is received.

wherein, the sixth trigger operation can be any trigger operation thatinstructs the electronic device to apply for sharing video within thetarget video room, such as a trigger operation that clicks on thesharing request control displayed within the second display interface ofthe target video room, which the sharing request control can bedisplayed within a more window on the room page of the target videoroom. The sharing request message may be a message for applying from thetarget user for sharing a video within the target video room.

In this embodiment, users other than the owner (i.e., non-owner) locatedin a certain video room can apply from the owner for sharing a videofrom their own terminals. Specifically, the electronic device displaysthe second display interface of the target video room and plays videosshared by other users (including the target user) within the seconddisplay interface. When the local end user wants to apply for sharing avideo, he/she can click on a more control 112 displayed with the seconddisplay interface of the second video room, as shown in FIG. 11, therebyinstructing the electronic device to display a more windows 130, asshown in FIG. 13. and click a sharing request control 132 displayed withthe more window 130; accordingly, when the electronic device detectsthat the local end user clicks on the sharing request control 132, itcan be determined that a sixth trigger operation for applying forsharing a video within the target video room is received, and inresponse to the sixth trigger operation, it generates a sharing requestmessage, and sends the sharing request message to the target peerterminal of the target user for display, so as to apply from the targetuser for sharing a video.

S408. receiving a sharing feedback message sent by the target user basedon the sharing request message, playing a third video in the seconddisplay interface, and displaying a third interactive control, whereinthe third video is used to be played on the peer terminals of individualpeer users located within the target video room, and the peer usersincludes the target user.

wherein, the sharing feedback message may be a feedback message sent bythe target user when agreeing to the local end user to share a video.The third video playback page can be a video playback page of the localend, such as the preset video playback page, a video playback pagedisplayed before the second display interface of the target video roomis displayed, or a video playback page to which it is switched based ona page switching operation of the local end user, accordingly, thefourth video can be a video played in the third video playback page.

Exemplarily, after an electronic device receives a sharing feedbackmessage sent by a target user, it can switch current display pagedirectly or indirectly from an second display interface to a third videoplayback page automatically or based on a trigger operation of a localend user to switch current display page, and send a fourth video playedin a third video playback page to a peer terminal of individual peerusers (including the target user) located within a target video room fordisplay.

S409: when it is detected that the target user leaves the target videoroom, displaying a call control.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, when the electronic devicedetects that the target user (i.e., the owner) leaves the target videoroom, it can display the call control 140, to facilitate the local enduser to instruct the electronic device to send a call message to thetarget user by triggering the call control 140. Wherein, the way ofdetecting whether the target user leaves the target video room can beflexibly set as desired. For example, when the local end has establisheda voice call connection with the target peer terminal of the targetuser, it can be determined that the target user left the target videoroom when it is detected that the voice call with the target user isdisconnected, and display a call control; when the local end does notestablish a voice call connection with the target terminal of the targetuser, a server can be used to detected whether the target user has leftthe target video room, and when it is detected that the target userleaves the target video room, it sends a prompt message to each userlocated within the target video room. Accordingly, the local end candetermine that the target user leaves the target video room and displaythe call control as soon as receiving the prompt message sent by theserver.

In addition, when it is detected that the target user leaves the targetvideo room, it can also stop playing the video and displaying the videoscreen in the room of the target video room, as shown in FIG. 14, sothat users can further recognize the situation that the owner leaves thevideo room, and call the owner to return to the video room in time.

S410: when a seventh trigger operation acting on the call control isreceived, sending a call message to the target user to call the targetuser to return to the target video room.

wherein, the seventh trigger operation may be an operation that triggersa call control, such as a click operation acting on the call control.The call message can be understood as a call message for reminding thetarget user to return to the target video room.

In this embodiment, after the owner of the video room leaves the videoroom, other users in the room can call the owner to return to the videoroom. Specifically, the electronic device displays a call control; whenthe local end user wants to call the target user to return to the targetvideo room, he/she can click on the call control; accordingly, when theelectronic device detects that the local end user clicks on the callcontrol, it can be determined that a seven trigger operation isreceived, and in response to the seven trigger operation, it generates acall message and sends the call message to the target user; thereby, thetarget user can return to the target video room by clicking on an accesscontrol corresponding to the call message to continue to send video.

In the interactive method provided by this embodiment, when next videois not received, the last received video is cyclically played in thesecond display interface of the video room, and the non-owner in thevideo room can apply from the owner for controlling the video played onthe owner side, and further controlling the video played within thetarget video room, or can apply from the owner for playing own videowithin the target video room, and can call the owner to return to thevideo room after the owner left the room, which can further improves theuser's usage experience.

FIG. 15 is a structural block diagram of an interactive apparatusprovided by an embodiment of the disclosure. The apparatus can beimplemented by software and/or hardware, and can be configured in anelectronic device; typically, it can be configured in a mobile phone ora tablet. Interaction can be achieved by implementing interactivemethods. As shown in FIG. 15, the interactive apparatus provided in thisembodiment can comprise: a first receiving module 1501, a room openingmodule 1502, and a first video switching module 1503, wherein:

The first receiving module 1501 is configured to receive a first triggeroperation to open a target video room when a first video is played in afirst video playback page, the first video playback page having a firstinteractive control displayed therein;

The room opening module 1502 is configured to open the target video roomfor a local end user in response to the first trigger operation, displaya first display interface of the target video room, play the first videoin the first display interface, and display the first interactivecontrol, wherein the first video is used to be played on a peer terminalof individual peer users located within the target video room;

The first video switching module 1503 is configured to switch the firstvideo played in the first display interface to a second video when avideo switching operation is received, where the second video is used tobe played on a peer terminal of individual peer users within the targetvideo room.

In the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment, through thefirst receiving module, receiving a first trigger operation to open atarget video room when a first video is played in a first video playbackpage, the first video playback page having a first interactive controldisplayed therein; through the room opening control, in response to thefirst trigger operation, opening the target video room for a local enduser, displaying a first display interface of the target video room,playing the first video in the first display interface, and displayingthe first interactive control, wherein the first video is used to beplayed on a peer terminal of individual peer users located within thetarget video room; through the first video switching control, switchingthe first video played in the first display interface to a second videowhen a video switching operation is received, wherein the second videois used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peer users locatedwithin the target video room. By adopting the above-mentioned technicalsolutions in this embodiment, a user can open a video room whilewatching a video and watch the video currently being watched and thevideo subsequently switched in the video room with other users, withoutthe user having to select the video in advance, which can improve theconvenience of users when watching videos with other users.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a third receiving module, configured to receive, afterthe target video room is opened for the local end user, a second triggeroperation that switches current display page to a non-video playbackpage; a page switching module, configured to switch the current displaypage to the non-video playback page in response to the second triggeroperation, display the first display interface in the form of a floatingwindow in the non-video playback page, and play the last first videoplayed in the first video playback page within the first displayinterface.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a first feedback module, configured to receive, afterthe opening the target video room for the local end user, a firstfeedback operation for the permission request message sent by the localend user to the target peer user; an instruction receiving module,configured to, in response to the first feedback operation, open a videocontrol permission for the target video room for the target peer user,and after receiving the video control instruction sent by the targetpeer user, control the first video based on the video controlinstruction, to control the video played within the target video room.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a second feedback module, configured to receive, afterthe opening the target video room for the local end user, a secondfeedback operation for the sharing request message sent by the local enduser to the target peer user; a message sending module, configured to,in response to the second feedback operation, send a sharing feedbackmessage to the target peer user, and play the second video played by thepeer terminal of the target peer users in the first display interface.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a third feedback module, configured to receive, afterthe opening the target video room for the local end user, a thirdfeedback operation for the call message sent by the local end user tothe target peer user; a room return module, configured to, in responseto the third feedback operation, return to the target video room,display the first display interface, and continue to play video in thefirst display interface.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: an information display module, configured to, afterthe displaying the first display interface of the target video room,display a first room control in the first display interface, and when afirst click operation acting on the first room control is detected,display user information of individual peer users located within thetarget video room.

The interactive apparatus provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure can execute the interactive methods provided by anyembodiment of the present disclosure, and has functional modules andbeneficial effects corresponding to implementation of the interactivemethods. Technical details not described in detail in this embodimentcan be referred to the interactive methods provided in any embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 16 is a structural block diagram of an interactive apparatusprovided by an embodiment of the disclosure. The apparatus can beimplemented by software and/or hardware, and can be configured in anelectronic device, typically, it can be configured in a mobile phone ora tablet. Interaction can be achieved by implementing interactivemethods. As shown in FIG. 16, the interactive apparatus provided in thisembodiment can comprise: a second receiving module 1601, an interfacedisplay module 1602, and a second video switching module 1603, wherein:

The second receiving module 1601 is configured to receive a thirdtrigger operation to enter a target video room opened by a target user;

The interface display module 1602 is configured to display a seconddisplay interface of the target video room in response to the thirdtrigger operation, and play the received first video in the seconddisplay interface, the first video being the video played within thetarget video room;

The second video switching module 1603 is configured to play a secondvideo in the second display interface when it is detected that the firstvideo is switched to the second video.

In this embodiment, by adopting above technical solutions, through thesecond receiving module, a third trigger operation to enter the targetvideo room opened by the target user is received; through the interfacedisplay module, in response to the third trigger operation, the seconddisplay interface of the target video room is displayed, and thereceived first video played within the target video room is played inthe second display interface, and through the second video switchingmodule, when it is detected that the first video is switched to thesecond video, the second video is played in the second displayinterface. In this embodiment, by adopting above technical solutions,different videos can be played in the display interface of the targetvideo room, which can improve the experience of the user entering a roomand watching a video together with other users.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a cyclical play module, configured to, after theplaying the received first video in the second display interface, whenthe next video is not received after playing of the first video isfinished, cyclically play the first video in the second displayinterface.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a permission request module, configured to, after thedisplaying the second display interface of the target video room, when afourth trigger operation for applying for video control permission ofthe target video room is received, send a permission request message tothe target user to apply for the video control permission from thetarget user; an instruction sending module, configured to, for the casethat the target user enables the video control permission for the localend user, if a fifth trigger operation is received for controlling thevideo played within the target video room, generate a video controlinstruction, and send the video control instruction to the target peerterminal of the target user to control the video played within thetarget video room.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a sharing request module, configured to, after thedisplaying the second display interface of the target video room, send asharing request message to the target user when a sixth triggeroperation for applying for video sharing is received; a video sharingmodule, configured to receive a sharing feedback message sent by thetarget user based on the sharing request message, play a third video inthe second display interface, and display a third interaction Control,wherein the third video is used to be played on the peer terminals ofindividual peer users located within the target video room, and the peerusers includes the target user.

Further, the interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment canfurther comprise: a first control display module, configured to, afterthe displaying the second display interface of the target video room,when it is detected that the target user leaves the target video room,display a call control; a call module, configured to, when a seventhtrigger operation acting on the call control is received, send a callmessage to the target user to call the target user to return to thetarget video room.

In the above solution, the third trigger operation may be a second clickoperation acting on a second room control in a second video playbackpage. The interactive apparatus provided in this embodiment can furthercomprise: a second control display module, configured to, before thereceiving the third trigger operation to enter the target video roomopened by the target user, display a second video playback page, anddisplay the second room control of the target video room in the secondvideo playback page.

The interactive apparatus provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure can execute the interactive methods provided by anyembodiment of the present disclosure, and has functional modules andbeneficial effects corresponding to implementation of the interactivemethods. Technical details not described in detail in this embodimentcan be referred to the interactive methods provided in any embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

Below refer to FIG. 17, which shows a schematic structural diagram of anelectronic device (such as a terminal device) 1700 suitable forimplementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The terminal devicein the embodiments of the present disclosure may include but not limitedto a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a notebook, a digitalbroadcast receiver, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a PAD (tablets),a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), a vehicle-mounted terminal (such asa car navigation terminal) etc. and a fixed terminal such as a digitalTV, a desktop computer, etc. The electronic device shown in FIG. 17 isonly one example, and should not bring any limitation to the functionsand scope of usages of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 17, the electronic device 1700 may include a processingapparatus (for example a central processing unit, a graphics processor,etc.) 1701, which can execute various appropriate actions and processesaccording to a program stored in a read-only memory (ROM) 1702 or aprogram loaded from a storage apparatus 1706 into a random access memory(RAM) 1703. In the RAM 1703, various programs and data required for theoperation of the electronic device 1700 are also stored. The processingapparatus 1701, ROM 1702, and RAM 1703 are connected to each otherthrough a bus 1704. An input/output (I/O) interface 1705 is alsoconnected to the bus 1704.

Generally, the following apparatus can be connected to the I/O interface1705: an input device 1706 including for example, a touch screen, atouch pad, a keyboard, a mouse, a camera, a microphone, anaccelerometer, a gyroscope, etc.; an output device 1707 including forexample, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a speaker, a vibrator, etc.; astorage apparatus 1708 including for example, a magnetic tape, a harddisk, etc.; and a communication apparatus 1709. The communicationapparatus 1709 may allow the electronic device 1700 to perform wirelessor wired communication with other devices to exchange data. AlthoughFIG. 17 shows an electronic device 1700 having various apparatus, itshould be understood that it is not required to implement or have all ofthe illustrated apparatus. It can alternatively be implemented orprovided with more or fewer apparatus.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, theprocess described above with reference to the flowchart can beimplemented as a computer software program. For example, an embodimentof the present disclosure includes a computer program product, whichincludes a computer program carried on a non-transitory computerreadable medium, and the computer program contains program code forexecuting the method shown in the flowchart. In such an embodiment, thecomputer program may be downloaded and installed from the networkthrough the communication apparatus 1709, or installed from the storageapparatus 1706, or installed from the ROM 1702. When the computerprogram is executed by the processing apparatus 1701, theabove-mentioned functions defined in the methods of the embodiments ofthe present disclosure are executed.

It should be noted that the aforementioned computer-readable medium inthe present disclosure may be a computer-readable signal medium or acomputer-readable storage medium, or any combination thereof. Thecomputer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limitedto, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, orsemiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination thereof.More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include,but are not limited to: an electrical connection with one or more wires,a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), aread-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROMor flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-onlymemory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device,or any suitable combination thereof. In the present disclosure, acomputer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium thatcontains or stores a program, and the program may be used by or incombination with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.In the present disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium may includea data signal propagated in a baseband or as a part of a carrier wave,in which a computer-readable program code is carried. This propagateddata signal can take many forms, including but not limited toelectromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combinationthereof. The computer-readable signal medium may also be anycomputer-readable medium other than the computer-readable storagemedium. The computer-readable signal medium may send, propagate, ortransmit the program for use by or in combination with the instructionexecution system, apparatus, or device. The program code contained onthe computer-readable medium can be transmitted by any suitable medium,including but not limited to: wire, optical cable, RF (Radio Frequency),etc., or any suitable combination thereof.

In some embodiments, the client and server can communicate with anycurrently known or future developed network protocol such as HTTP(HyperText Transfer Protocol), and can interconnect with digital datacommunication (for example, communication network) in any form ormedium. Examples of communication networks include local area networks(“LAN”), wide area networks (“WAN”), international network (for example,the Internet), and end-to-end networks (for example, ad hoc end-to-endnetworks), as well as any currently known or future developed networks.

The aforementioned computer-readable medium may be included inaforementioned electronic devices; or it may exist alone without beingassembled into the electronic device.

The aforementioned computer-readable medium carries one or moreprograms, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause theelectronic device: receiving a first trigger operation to open a targetvideo room when a first video is played in a first video playback page,the first video playback page having a first interactive controldisplayed therein; in response to the first trigger operation, openingthe target video room for a local end user, displaying a first displayinterface of the target video room, playing the first video in the firstdisplay interface, and displaying the first interactive control, whereinthe first video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individualpeer users located within the target video room; switching the firstvideo played in the first display interface to a second video when avideo switching operation is received, wherein the second video is usedto be played on a peer terminal of individual peer users located withinthe target video room. Or, receiving a third trigger operation to entera target video room opened by a target user; in response to the thirdtrigger operation, displaying a second display interface of the targetvideo room, and playing the received first video in the second displayinterface, the first video being the video played within the targetvideo room; playing a second video in the second display interface whenit is detected that the first video is switched to the second video.

The computer program code for performing the operations of the presentdisclosure can be written in one or more programming languages or acombination thereof. The aforementioned programming languages includebut are not limited to object-oriented programming languages such asJava, Smalltalk, C++, and include conventional procedural programminglanguages such as “C” language or similar programming languages. Theprogram code can be executed entirely on a user's computer, partlyexecuted on a user's computer, executed as an independent softwarepackage, partly executed on a user's computer and partly executed on aremote computer, or entirely executed on a remote computer or server. Inthe case of involving a remote computer, the remote computer can beconnected to a user's computer through any kind of network, including alocal area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or it can beconnected to an external computer (for example, connected by usingInternet provided by an Internet service provider).

The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawingsillustrate possible architecture, function, and operationimplementations of a system, method, and computer program productaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In thisregard, each block in a flowchart or block diagram may represent amodule, program segment, or part of code, which contains one or moreexecutable instructions for realizing specified logic functions. Itshould also be noted that, in some alternative implementations,functions marked in a block may also occur in a different order than theorder marked in the drawings. For example, two blocks shown insuccession can actually be executed substantially in parallel, and theycan sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending on functionsinvolved. It should also be noted that each block in a block diagramand/or flowchart, and the combination of blocks in a block diagramand/or flowchart, can be implemented by a dedicated hardware-basedsystem that performs the specified functions or operations, or it can beimplemented by a combination of dedicated hardware and computerinstructions.

The units involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can beimplemented in software or hardware. Wherein, the name of the moduledoes not constitute a limitation on the unit itself under certaincircumstances.

The functions described herein above may be performed at least in partby one or more hardware logic components. For example, withoutlimitation, exemplary types of hardware logic components that can beused include: Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit (ASIC), Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP),System on Chip (SOC), Complex Programmable Logical device (CPLD) and soon.

In the context of the present disclosure, a machine-readable medium maybe a tangible medium, which may contain or store a program for use bythe instruction execution system, apparatus, or device or in combinationwith the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Themachine-readable medium may be a machine-readable signal medium or amachine-readable storage medium. The machine-readable medium mayinclude, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical,electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, ordevice, or any suitable combination thereof. More specific examples ofmachine-readable storage media may include an electrical connectionbased on one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, arandom access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber,a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storagedevice, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination thereof.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example1 provides an interactive method comprising:

receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video room when afirst video is played in a first video playback page, the first videoplayback page having a first interactive control displayed therein;

in response to the first trigger operation, opening the target videoroom for a local end user, displaying a first display interface of thetarget video room, playing the first video in the first displayinterface, and displaying the first interactive control, wherein thefirst video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room;

switching the first video played in the first display interface to asecond video when a video switching operation is received, wherein thesecond video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peerusers located within the target video room.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example2, according to the method of Example 1, after the opening the targetvideo room for the local end user, the method further comprises:

receiving a second trigger operation for switching current display pageto a non-video playback page;

in response to the second trigger operation, switching current displaypage to the non-video playback page, displaying the first displayinterface in the form of a floating window in the non-video playbackpage, and playing the last first video played in the first videoplayback page within the first display interface.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example3, according to the method of Example 1, after the opening the targetvideo room for the local end user, the method further comprises:

receiving a first feedback operation of a permission request messagesent by the local end user to the target peer user;

in response to the first feedback operation, enabling the video controlpermission for the target video room for the target peer user, and uponreceiving a video control instruction sent by the target peer user,controlling the first video based on the video control instruction tocontrol the video played within the target video room.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example4, according to the method of Example 1, after the opening the targetvideo room for the local end user, the method further comprises:

receiving a second feedback operation of a share request message sent bythe local end user to the target peer user;

in response to the second feedback operation, sending a sharing feedbackmessage to the target peer user, and playing a second video played bythe peer terminal of the target peer user in the first displayinterface.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example5, according to the method of Example 1, after the opening the targetvideo room for the local end user, the method further comprises:

receiving a third feedback operation of a call message sent by the localend user to the target peer user;

in response to the third feedback operation, returning to the targetvideo room, displaying the first display interface, and continuing toplay the video in the first display interface.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example6, the method according to any one of Examples 1-5, after the displayingthe first display interface of the target video room, the method furthercomprises:

displaying a first room control in the first display interface, and whena first click operation acting on the first room control is detected,displaying user information of individual peer users located within thetarget video room.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example7 provides an interactive method, comprising:

receiving a third trigger operation to enter a target video room openedby a target user;

in response to the third trigger operation, displaying a second displayinterface of the target video room, and playing the received first videoin the second display interface, the first video being the video playedwithin the target video room;

playing a second video in the second display interface when it isdetected that the first video is switched to the second video.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example8, according to the method of Example 7, after the playing the receivedfirst video in the second display interface, the method furthercomprises:

if the next video is not received after playing of the first video isfinished, then the first video is cyclically played within the seconddisplay interface.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example9, according to the method of Example 7, characterized in that, afterthe displaying the second display interface of the target video room,the method further comprises:

when a fourth trigger operation for applying for video controlpermission of the target video room is received, sending a permissionrequest message to the target user to apply for the video controlpermission from the target user;

for the case that the target user enables the video control permissionfor the local end user, if a fifth trigger operation is received forcontrolling the video played within the target video room, generating avideo control instruction, and sending the video control instruction tothe target peer terminal of the target user to control the video playedwithin the target video room.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example10, according to the method of Example 7, after the displaying thesecond display interface of the target video room, the method furthercomprises:

sending a sharing request message to the target user when a sixthtrigger operation for applying for video sharing is received;

receiving a sharing feedback message sent by the target user based onthe sharing request message, playing a third video in the second displayinterface, and displaying a third interactive control, wherein the thirdvideo is used to be played on the peer terminals of individual peerusers located within the target video room, and the peer users includesthe target user.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example11, the method according to Example 7, after the displaying the seconddisplay interface of the target video room, the method furthercomprises:

when it is detected that the target user leaves the target video room,displaying a call control;

when a seventh trigger operation acting on the call control is received,sending a call message to the target user to call the target user toreturn to the target video room.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example12, according to the method of any one of Examples 7-11, the thirdtrigger operation is a second click operation acting on a second roomcontrol in a second video playback page, and before the receiving thethird trigger operation to enter the target video room opened by thetarget user, the method further comprises:

displaying the second video playback page, and displaying the secondroom control of the target video room in the second display interface.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example13 provides an interactive apparatus, comprising:

a first receiving module configured to receive a first trigger operationto open a target video room when a first video is played in a firstvideo playback page, the first video playback page having a firstinteractive control displayed therein;

a room opening module configured to open the target video room for alocal end user in response to the first trigger operation, display afirst display interface of the target video room, play the first videoin the first display interface, and display the first interactivecontrol, wherein the first video is used to be played on a peer terminalof individual peer users located within the target video room;

a first video switching module configured to switch the first videoplayed in the first display interface to a second video when a videoswitching operation is received, wherein the second video is used to beplayed on a peer terminal of individual peer users within the targetvideo room.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example14 provides an interactive apparatus, comprising:

a second receiving module configured to receive a third triggeroperation to enter a target video room opened by a target user;

an interface display module configured to display a second displayinterface of the target video room in response to the third triggeroperation, and play the received first video in the second displayinterface, the first video being the video played within the targetvideo room;

a second video switching module configured to play a second video in thesecond display interface when it is detected that the first video isswitched to the second video.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example15 provides an electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory used to store one or more programs,

when the one or more programs are executed by the one or moreprocessors, cause the one or more processors implement the interactivemethods according to any one of claims 1-12.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, Example16 provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer programstored thereon, the program, when executed by a processor, implementsthe interactive methods according to any one of Examples 1-12.

The above description is only preferred embodiments of the presentdisclosure and an explanation to the technical principles applied. Thoseskilled in the art should understand that the scope of disclosureinvolved in this disclosure is not limited to technical solutions formedby specific combination of above technical features, and should alsocover other technical solutions formed by arbitrarily combining abovetechnical features or equivalent features thereof without departing fromabove disclosed concept. For example, those technical solutions formedby exchanging of above features and technical features disclosed in thepresent disclosure (but not limited to) having similar functions witheach other.

In addition, although various operations are depicted in a specificorder, this should not be understood as requiring these operations to beperformed in the specific order shown or performed in a sequentialorder. Under certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processingmay be advantageous. Likewise, although several specific implementationdetails are included in above discussion, these should not be construedas limiting the scope of the present disclosure. Certain features thatare described in the context of separate embodiments can also beimplemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, variousfeatures described in the context of a single embodiment can also beimplemented in multiple embodiments individually or in any suitablesub-combination.

Although the subject matter has been described in a language specific tostructural features and/or logical actions of the method, it should beunderstood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is notnecessarily limited to the specific features or actions described above.Rather, the specific features and actions described above are merelyexemplary forms of implementing the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An interactive method, comprises: receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video room when a first video is played in a first video playback page, the first video playback page having a first interactive control displayed therein; in response to the first trigger operation, opening the target video room for a local end user, displaying a first display interface of the target video room, playing the first video in the first display interface, and displaying the first interactive control, wherein the first video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peer users located within the target video room; switching the first video played in the first display interface to a second video when a video switching operation is received, wherein the second video is used to be played on a peer terminal of individual peer users located within the target video room.
 2. The method according to claim 1, after the opening the target video room for the local end user, the method further comprises: receiving a second trigger operation for switching current display page to a non-video playback page; in response to the second trigger operation, switching current display page to the non-video playback page, displaying the first display interface in the form of a floating window in the non-video playback page, and playing the last first video played in the first video playback page within the first display interface.
 3. The method according to claim 1, after the opening the target video room for the local end user, the method further comprises: receiving a first feedback operation of a permission request message sent by the local end user to the target peer user; in response to the first feedback operation, enabling the video control permission for the target video room for the target peer user, and upon receiving a video control instruction sent by the target peer user, controlling the first video based on the video control instruction to control the video played within the target video room.
 4. The method of claim 1, after the opening the target video room for the local end user, the method further comprises: receiving a second feedback operation of a share request message sent by the local end user to the target peer user; in response to the second feedback operation, sending a sharing feedback message to the target peer user, and playing a second video played by the peer terminal of the target peer user in the first display interface.
 5. The method according to claim 1, after the opening the target video room for the local end user, the method further comprises: receiving a third feedback operation of a call message sent by the local end user to the target peer user; in response to the third feedback operation, returning to the target video room, displaying the first display interface, and continuing to play the video in the first display interface.
 6. The method according to any one of claim 1, after the displaying the first display interface of the target video room, the method further comprises: displaying a first room control in the first display interface, and when a first click operation acting on the first room control is detected, displaying user information of individual peer users located within the target video room.
 7. An interactive method, comprises: receiving a third trigger operation to enter a target video room opened by a target user; in response to the third trigger operation, displaying a second display interface of the target video room, and playing the received first video in the second display interface, the first video being the video played within the target video room; playing a second video in the second display interface when it is detected that the first video is switched to the second video.
 8. The method according to claim 7, after the playing the received first video in the second display interface, the method further comprises: if the next video is not received after playing of the first video is finished, then the first video is cyclically played within the second display interface.
 9. The method according to claim 7, after the displaying the second display interface of the target video room, the method further comprises: when a fourth trigger operation for applying for video control permission of the target video room is received, sending a permission request message to the target user to apply for the video control permission from the target user; for the case that the target user enables the video control permission for the local end user, if a fifth trigger operation is received for controlling the video played within the target video room, generating a video control instruction, and sending the video control instruction to the target peer terminal of the target user to control the video played within the target video room.
 10. The method according to claim 7, after the displaying the second display interface of the target video room, the method further comprises: sending a sharing request message to the target user when a sixth trigger operation for applying for video sharing is received; receiving a sharing feedback message sent by the target user based on the sharing request message, playing a third video in the second display interface, and displaying a third interactive control, wherein the third video is used to be played on the peer terminals of individual peer users located within the target video room, and the peer users includes the target user.
 11. The method according to claim 7, after the displaying the second display interface of the target video room, the method further comprises: when it is detected that the target user leaves the target video room, displaying a call control; when a seventh trigger operation acting on the call control is received, sending a call message to the target user to call the target user to return to the target video room.
 12. The method according to any one of claim 7, the third trigger operation is a second click operation acting on a second room control in a second video playback page, and before the receiving the third trigger operation to enter the target video room opened by the target user, the method further comprises: displaying the second video playback page, and displaying the second room control of the target video room in the second display interface.
 13. An electronic device, comprises: one or more processors; a memory used to store one or more programs, when the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors implement the interactive method according to claim
 1. 14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, the program, when executed by a processor, implements the interactive method according to claim
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